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Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

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Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Comparing excavated sites

Artefactual evidence

Experimental reconstruction

Just digging

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Crafts

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Experimental Archaeology

Recording artefacts in situ

More comparative studies

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Conferences

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection